Judge extends decision until 10 a.m. Tuesday

After meeting in chambers with both parties in the Senate dispute and Gov. Paterson’s counsel, acting Supreme Court Justice Thomas McNamara has given the parties until 10 a.m. Tuesday to reach a power-sharing agreement — and he’s made it clear that he’s unlikely to grant them any time beyond that.

Paterson has called a leaders meeting for 3 p.m.

“Please resolve this without the necessity of court intervention,” he said in court.

“I urge you in the strongest way I can … you’ve got to work this out yourselves,” said McNamara, who noted that the state “can’t let it go on forever.”